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Kathleen McDermott

Executive Editor for History

startquote I seek general interest and academic books across a wide range of history. I look for works with broad appeal and original arguments, books that engage readers eager to learn about the past and that advance scholarship in the academic community. One of the joys of working on history books is having a passionate audience; history readers revel in new information, new ideas, new perspectives. I have been one of those readers my entire life, and I want the books I acquire to be part of the discussions and debates in that lively world. The many areas I cover include: American history of any period; environmental history; Atlantic history; medieval to modern European history, including eastern Europe and Russia; the modern Middle East; Asian history; and Latin American history. I am interested in books that cross borders and consider global contexts, and welcome book proposals for international history, military history, and biographies. endquote

Recent Books

Cover: The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World, by Marie Favereau, from Harvard University Press

The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
Marie Favereau

Cover: Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in College Debt, by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, from Harvard University Press

Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in College Debt
Elizabeth Tandy Shermer

Cover: The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas, by Monica Muñoz Martinez, from Harvard University Press

The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas
Monica Muñoz Martinez

Cover: From Rebel to Ruler: One Hundred Years of the Chinese Communist Party, by Tony Saich, from Harvard University Press

From Rebel to Ruler: One Hundred Years of the Chinese Communist Party
Tony Saich

Cover: Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court, by Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner, from Harvard University Press

Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court
Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner

Cover: Freedom: An Unruly History, by Annelien de Dijn, from Harvard University Press

Freedom: An Unruly History
Annelien de Dijn

Cover: Prague: Belonging in the Modern City, by Chad Bryant, from Harvard University Press

Prague: Belonging in the Modern City
Chad Bryant

Cover: When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo–American Alliance, by Michael S. Neiberg, from Harvard University Press

When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo–American Alliance
Michael S. Neiberg

Cover: The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, With a New Preface, by Khalil Gibran Muhammad, from Harvard University Press

The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, With a New Preface
Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Cover: The King’s Peace: Law and Order in the British Empire, by Lisa Ford, from Harvard University Press

The King’s Peace: Law and Order in the British Empire
Lisa Ford

Cover: Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery, by Bruce A. Ragsdale, from Harvard University Press

Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery
Bruce A. Ragsdale

Cover: Prophets and Ghosts: The Story of Salvage Anthropology, by Samuel J. Redman, from Harvard University Press

Prophets and Ghosts: The Story of Salvage Anthropology
Samuel J. Redman

Recent News

On C-SPAN’s Q&A, The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment coauthors Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick argued that the United States must get its “Constitutional house in order”—and stop chronically misinterpreting the amendment.
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From Our Blog

Cover: A Theory of Justice: Original Edition, by John Rawls, from Harvard University Press

John Rawls: Speaking in a Shared Political Language

On the occasion of the anniversary of the publication of A Theory of Justice, Andrius Gališanka, author of John Rawls: The Path to a Theory of Justice, reflects on some of Rawls’s ideas on moral and political reasoning…

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